Thread: Rare Pairings

I have quite a few!

Lt. Surge/Koga(though IDK if it counts now due to my influence...)
Byron/Riley(outside of the Japanese fandom that is...)
Ritchie/Casey
Gold/Whitney

I used to like RichiexCasey a long time ago, and DuplicaxTodd. I have absolutely no idea why, but god knows I was the only one who liked them. XD

Originally Posted by Raizhu

Too bad nobody likes AshxBayleef. Poor Bayleef...

You'd be shocked how many videos I've seen of this pairingXD

I have a couple of pairings that I support:
Kenta (Jimmy) & May
Kenta (Jimmy) & Kelly
Gold & Sapphire

I have to agree that it get lonely when you support any certain pairings you like that's not well known

Redshipping, which is Satoshi x Musashi. My Crack OTP. It has like, 2 fan arts in the whole internet. I was hoping yesterday's episode could've sparked some new fan art in Pixiv, but I only see Kojiro x Dento pics there. :P

I have some:

GoldxSapphire
JimmyxMay
EthanxMay
RubyxPlatinum
BrendanxDawn
MayxHilbert
SapphirexBlack

Originally Posted by Ashfangirl22

You'd be shocked how many videos I've seen of this pairingXD

Really? Interesting...

Red-shipping.

Not sure if all of these are disliked per se, but they are far from being super popular/aircraft carriers.

• Castleshipping - Sir Aaron x Queen Rin - Slightly hinted at in movie 8. Explains where Queen Illene comes from. Not a ton of fanart (though I may just be looking in the wrong places?), but it has much more compared to others on my list.
• Diamondshipping - Giovanni x Delia - I think this is the one with the most hate towards it on my list because the majority of the fandom is tired of the Star Warsness of the situation and all the threads that pop up about who Ash's dad is. But I still less than three it lots. Past or present, doesn't matter, though I've taken to the present theory recently. If you really want to hear my fanon for it you can PM me, but I won't post it here because it's long and would probably bore everyone else to tears.
• Eldershipping - Prof.Oak x Delia - It's fluffy and cute. :3 Past or present, though I tend to go with present and the "Oak is not Ash's dad" variety. From flashbacks they seemed to make a nice happy family with Ash and Gary. (In my fanon I think Oak is dedicated to becoming a better father figure for them, because he was so obsessed with his research that he wasn't really around for his own son's childhood. When his son grew up he let his father's fame go to his head and got into debt trouble, which is how he ended up in Team Rocket. Gary's dad is totally Tyson from the Red Gyarados two-parter. He didn't want the same to happen with Gary, so he was much more involved in his life. There was no dad in the picture for Ash, so he took up that post as well. And eventually the post of being Delia's significant other.)
• Innuendoshipping/PewterTulipshipping - Brock x Domino - I like the dynamic of Goodie Two-shoes Boy/Bad Girl. Will it ever happen? I'm 100% sure it won't, but I still find it an interesting pairing. Sadly I've yet to see any art for it, and the only fic I've come across is the snippet that Luna was nice enough to write for me.
• Skillshipping - Ash x Domino - Again, Goodie Two-shoes Boy/Bad Girl pairing full of win. I've read a few fics with this as the main pairing, but sadly they never went very far and are dead. No art. At all. ;_;
• SmartkidShipping - Max x Molly Hale - They're pretty close in age and both are pretty smart kids, so I could see it working out. Plus it's cute.
• Teenrocketshipping - Mondo x Domino - Yet another Goodie Two-shoes Boy/Bad Girl. Why do I like pairing this girl up with them so much? Out of the three I listed, this is the one that would be the most likely to happen. (Like a 0.000001%, but that's still more than the other two. ;_;) Also seems the most likely to be...genuine? Not sure if that's the right word for it, but the others could just be part of a rouse. This one I couldn't see happening for any other reason other than the two really caring about each other. I have yet to see anything on this pair. TT_TT
• Max x Stephanie (From Having a Wailord of a Time) - She was only in one episode, but she was adorable and actually sounded like a little kid.

I have a feeling that "anything from DPA" counts in here. But seriously, PoundingHeartshipping and Desertionshipping are both practically canon, and TBHshipping gets elevated to that status too.

Also I know only a few other Peacenikshippers despite it being general fandom concensus that Carolina was totally hitting on Cyrus (it would not have impacted his goal in gaining her trust to ask her to not be so forward with him. That flirting, that touching, those jibes? He was totally into that).

Also I think that any Execshippers that exist are because of my fanfics. I know that's true for Redwingshipping, since a fic I did proposed the very idea of it.

And I don't ship it near as much as I used to, but anyone notice that Airshipping seems to have completely vanished? It used to be THE yaoi Giovanni pairing. Now I think that's with Koga.

Originally Posted by Blackjack Gabbiani

And I don't ship it near as much as I used to, but anyone notice that Airshipping seems to have completely vanished? It used to be THE yaoi Giovanni pairing. Now I think that's with Koga.

But that was also ten years ago. A lot has happened and Giovanni's universally a master pimp, at this point. He's got himself a whole bunch of underlings, a kid, and a number of brats that foil his plans. His potential partners are now numerous, compared to in 2000.

And I'm pretty sure I'm still the only supporter of Gio/Tracey. :B

Pretty much any Pokemon Colosseum shipping that isn't ColosseumShipping (WesxRui) I don't mind it, I just wish there was more variety in shipping for that game.

Other Colosseum ships I've seen include one SpyShipping (WesxSilva), only one or two RaiSnagShipping (WesxEin) and a couple of CipherShipping (EinxVenus)

Gay Kojishipping (i.e. James/Kojirou with any male character) because, let's face it, he is, or should be, gay. It would, most likely, be Rocketshipping. Although, I could see a few other pairings.

Rocketshipping
James/Giovanni: How else would he and Jessie get back onto the team in the games?

Butch/James: Everyone needs a mentor, if Butch could be considered one for James.

Vicious/Kojirou: Same as above.

Othershipping
Jamesi/Ash: Possible IST.

Brock/James: Same as above. Of course, there's definite UST between Brock and Joy as well as Jenny, which would make Brock bi.

For a while, I was big into RedShipping (Ash/Jessie) and MichaelIAmYourFatherShipping (mainly because I really liked Eldes as a kid and thought he'd make a good stepdad for Michael and Jovi.)
But nowadays, my big two are:
ChristmasWrongShipping (Soul and Lorelei)
TahitiShipping?(Blue Eyes and Ben)

I love ontherocksshipping(cress/Hilda), mostly cuz I named it but it is the cutest thing ever, I found let's see, one person who is sorta for it. I mean I wish I could have someone too share fanfics and fanart with and discuss it. Sigh, everyone is so ferriswheelshipping,its not even funny. Also whatever Herbert/Hilda is has more fans then my little ship. I even drew fanart for it and started a group, 0 veiws and 1 other member.